First Border on Mystery Quilt

I have got the first border on the quilt today, so now just waiting for the next bit, this has been a lot of fun and I think my quilt is looking quite nice so far.  I have Doll Club tomorrow so will take it along for “show and tell”… hope the girls like it.  Will be interesting to see what the girls have been up to over xmas as we have not met for two months now, will be taking the camera so fingers crossed will have a heap of pictures to share with you all tomorrow evening.  (by the way it really is not wavy its hanging of the design wall again, was the easiest way to take a picture)

Pinwheel Blocks

Woohoo two posts, well that's amazing eh.  While I was in the quilting mindset I thought I would have a go at a couple of blocks for a cushion cover (mine will prob be a wall hanging of some sort) from the Teddy  Club at Cathron Country Designs – so here is a couple of pics of my wee start on these -  only two blocks but its tea time here now and work tomorrow so best get some things sorted for both of them, didn't win the lottery this week so back to work LOL

 

 

Mystery Quilt Top Nearly Finished

Phew I have had a slow start this week, had to have a tooth out on Monday after suffering through my birthday last weekend.  I have to say the aftermath of having the tooth out was much worse than the initial toothache….   Mind you it had to be bad to send me scurrying off to a Dentist, I have never forgotten the old time drill machine we used to have at school years ago, maybe that’s why my generation are so terrified of Dentists……  BUT I was determined to get on and keep up with the mystery quilt this weekend so have sewed all afternoon and have finished the top ready for the Borders which I understand will be the next step in this quilting process.  

I have learnt soo much these past few weeks from doing this step by step quilt – I now understand about using a pin for placement to get the seams to match up and also how to get perfect points (well nearly perfect LOL) still think I have done ok for my first try…….  So I would like to thank Helen for being generous enough to give this away and to give us newbie's step by step instructions to get us started in this quilting lark ………..Soo without further ado here is my quilt top – it is not wavy by the way – I hung it on my “design wall” to take the picture and only pinned it at the top, also the colours really pop out at you, I have taken this late afternoon and the light is not soo good.

Mystery Quilt Update

Phew just in case you thought I was totally lazy today (which I was a bit) mind you I have awful toothache – go figure its always the weekend when they decide to play up LOL, BUT I couldn't help myself so had to at least do a bit of the mystery quilt, not quite finished the last step yet but will try and get that done in the next few nights after work.   Soooo here is where I am at………. Looky at those points ladies, see em and weep  ROFLMAO……….

 
 

Happy Birthday To Me ………… LOL

I'm a birthday girl today and no not telling age – have had a great day and lots of presents. I belong to an amazing online group called CRAFT and we do a birthday swap of fabric and today I got to open them all. I had a great time and made a huge mess, and so without further ado I will show you all the gorgeous materials and extras I got in my parcels… AM I LUCKY OR WHAT……….

Mystery Quilt Part Three

Phew have nearly got all the 16 blocks finished in part three.  I have made a couple of shall we say “tactical errors”  LOL in my cutting and have run out of the deep red colour with 4 blocks to go…….Eeeek………. My fingers, toes and every other body part is now crossed that there is some of this material left at the material shop when I driver (very fast) in tomorrow to get some more.  The picture below could become a before picture otherwise…….. Before I got some more material and had to unpick all these blocks and start again…………… OMG……….  (red looking material is actually not as bright as looks in the picture)

Fancy Dancy Block Holder Thingy

Helen has put up the next instalment of the mystery quilt so that is what I shall be working on this afternoon, (pictures later).  When reading the instructions she mentions using a Clover Sandpaper board which I don't have.  Hmm I do have some sandpaper though, bit of crafty thinking popping up here, so off I go to make my own.  Not happy with just some sandpaper on a board - I thought – heck I am a crafter I need this to look pretty LOL so grabbed some glue and got gluing.  So here is my Fancy Dancy Block Holder Thingy I made this morning to put my wee pieces on to hold them in place whilst marking the diagonal lines.  Front has the sandpaper with a pretty embellishment framing it and the back has some funky material I have with some more ribbon LOL  ahhhh much happier now……….

 

Step Two of Mystery Quilt Completed

qPhew got step two done now and finished the blocks from the first step. Only had to unpick a couple of pieces I sewed on back to front LOL got carried away with this “chain piecing” lark…….got a bit gung ho LOL……. so all ready now for the next bit so am managing to keep up so far.

First Instalment of Mystery Quilt

Ok Helen put up the first part of the Mystery Quilt, so last night I cut my first pieces, very slowly and carefully hoping not to stuff it all up, was a bit confused but I think I got it done ok……….and have got the first blocks half sewn, fingers crossed I might have time to get them finished this evening maybe…….

First picture is them already to start sewing, AND I chain pieced the last few, phew wasnt sure how to do that but I think I started to get the hang of it in the end LOL

Second picture below is the blocks half done so need to put the other triangle thingies on to finish the first blocks, phew…..

Mystery Quilt Fabrics

 

I have chosen some fabrics now for the mystery quilt, so no going back, I will have to make it now LOL….. I just hope they all work with whatever the design is.